A preliminary report on NOAA research
will be delivered to the NOAA Science Advisory Board during its meeting
Jan. 6, in Washington, D.C. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

“We look forward to the preliminary
report of the review team,” said Leonard Pietrafesa, interim
chair of the Science Advisory Board. “This is the first step
to a comprehensive review with recommendations on the future of how
research should be conducted within NOAA.”

The Science Advisory Board is the only
federal advisory committee with responsibility to advise the NOAA
Administrator (also titled the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere) on long- and short-range strategies for research,
education and the application of science to resource management and
environmental assessment and prediction. It will meet at 1 p.m. at
the Marriott Hotel at Metro Center, 12th and G streets NW, Washington,
D.C.

Attendance is open to any interested
individual, but registration is required. Persons can register at
the meeting. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the
public statement period from 2:30-3:30 p.m., unless the Chair requests
otherwise. The limit for verbal statements by any individual or group
is five minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by the Board,
if requested by the Chair. Written statements will be accepted up
until the meeting ends.

The Commerce Department's National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is dedicated to enhancing economic
security and national safety through research to better understand
weather and climate-related events and to manage wisely our nation's
coastal and marine resources.